112 professional consequences of those act"; therefore, it requested the Court to “order the payment of a compensation for such non-pecuniary damage”. 408. Furthermore, the Commission requested the Court to order the State: a) To adopt all the measures necessary to prevent actions by both state agents and private citizens that could hamper the seeking, receiving, and imparting of information by social communicators and support staff; b) To adopt all the measures necessary to respond with due diligence whenever there are acts of State agents as well as private individuals that hamper the seeking, receiving, and imparting of information by social communicators and support staff.; c) To conduct an impartial and exhaustive investigation in order to prosecute and punish all those materially and intellectually responsible for the facts set out in this case and publish the results of those investigations; d) To ensure the victims the free access to official sources of information; without any type of interference or arbitrary conditions; e) To repair the damages caused to the victims by the acts of State authorities; and f) To pay the costs and expenses incurred in the processing of the case both at the national level and the expenses derived from the processing of the case before the InterAmerican system. 409. The representatives alleged that the violations committed and the damage to the assets and the premises of Globovisión have caused a series of economic outlays and extraordinary expenses that constitute a considerable asset impairment for the shareholders of Globovisión who, in accordance with their shareholding in said company, have sustained considerable economic impacts. In this sense, they alleged that Globovisión, since the year 2001 until the present day, has incurred into expenses to acquire equipment and security systems, to hire surveillance services and build security areas and the payment of a nonrefundable amount to the insurance company; therefore, the "shareholders of Globovisión suffered a loss that amounts to US$ 947.297, 438”. They requested the Court to order the State the payment of a compensation for pecuniary damage in favor of the shareholders of Globovisión, Mr. Alberto Federico Ravell and Guillermo Zuloaga. The receipts furnished consist of reports from the accounting department of the television station regarding security expenses and reports on the expenses for material, non-refundable damage issued by the insurance company. 410. In relation to the non-pecuniary damage, the representatives pointed out that the alleged victims have had to suffer the constant humiliation and the public discredit to which the public authorities and the ‘followers and supporters of the ruling party’ subjected them, as well as the lack of a serious, diligent and effective investigation by state authorities in order to determine the incidents and to identify and punish the responsible, which has originated an important impairment to the alleged victims. Therefore, they requested the Court to order the compensation in fairness for the non-pecuniary damage caused. 411. Besides, the representatives requested the Court to order the State: 1. To adopt the measures necessary to stop and prevent those actions of officials or government agents as well as of private individuals that affect the personal integrity, that impede the search, access, expression and broadcasting of information or that affect the right to property of the alleged victims in the case at hand; 2. To adopt the measures necessary to deal with, promptly and effective, in protection of the victims, the situations in which the officials and state agents or private individuals caused an impairment to the personal integrity, that impede the search, access, expression and broadcasting of information or that affect the right to property of the victims in this case. 3. To adopt the measures necessary to carry out a serious, thorough and complete investigation to determine the responsible of the violations mentioned in this proceeding and,

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